After completing this course, you will be able to: 

  • Describe the National Bovine TB Eradication Program
  • Describe the Granuloma Submission Program and the importance of its implementation
  • Identify the principal targeted tissues for TB detection
  • Describe the criteria to correctly identify TB-compatible lesions
  • Describe when, and when not to, sample for the GSP
  • Describe how to properly prepare a sample for submission to the NRL
  • Describe the minimum submission performance standard and its importance
Target audience: Provincial abattoir staff responsible for sampling tuberculosis-like lesions in provincial abattoirs as per the Granuloma Submission Program guidelines.